Nate's Book Reviews

By Nate Feldman Gaia is a teenage orphan.  She has a special power in that she is unable to become afraid.  She is also a martial arts expert.  She lives in New York City.  She enjoys playing chess at the park, where recently there has been a spate of knife attacks by neo-Nazi skinheads.  One day, she is attacked, but she is able to take care of the attackers.  Ed, a boy in a wheelchair from her school, witnesses her beating up the assailants.  He becomes closer to her.   Meanwhile, Gaia struggles to adapt to her new school.  She is viewed as odd by the other students, especially Heather, a socialite who detests Gaia, especially after Gaia accidentally spills coffee on her.  Gaia is invited to a party, but Heather humiliates her, and Gaia leaves. Later, Gaia sees Heather heading to the park where all of the knife attacks have been happening.  Gaia warms Heather's friends, but not Heather.  Heather is violently attacked and...

By Nate Feldman Gaia is a brave girl.  She isn't a coward.  She isn't afraid of anything.  Somebody attacked her.  She wasn't afraid.  She beat them up.   She is a new student at school.  It is a strange place for her.  She doesn't like it.  The math teacher isn't friendly to her.  She likes chess.  She plays it with people in the park.  She enjoys it very much. I admire Gaia very much.

 By Nate Feldman Gaia is attacked by a man in the park, but she effortlessly beats him up.  She begins school, and the teacher makes the students laugh at her name.  She asks Gaia to do a math problem on the board and then tells Gaia she got it wrong.  Ed, a boy in a wheelchair, has feelings for Gaia.  Gaia's father is sorry he can't be with her.  Gaia wants to work as a waitress when she grows up.

By Nate Feldman Gaia is a 17-year-old girl.  She is fearless.  She doesn't have the ability to fear anything.  If someone is getting beat up, she will get in the middle of it and protect the weaker person.  She's not afraid of anything or anyone.  She is beginning a new school.  Her father, who was with the CIA, has disappeared, and she has no mother, siblings, friends, or pets.  So, she is a very unique girl.